TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-Related Quality of Life during 26-Week Intervention with the New Nordic Renal Diet
AU - Hansen, Nikita Misella
AU - Kamper, Anne-Lise
AU - Rix, Marianne
AU - Feldt-Rasmussen, Bo
AU - Berg, Peder
AU - Astrup, Arne
AU - Salomo, Louise
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - The New Nordic Renal Diet (NNRD) is a whole-food approach, tailored to meet recommended guidelines in patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (stage 3b–4). The NNRD improved various metabolic and physiological endpoints during a 26-week randomized controlled study. Here, we examined the effect of dietary intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Sixty participants were recruited (NNRD group n = 30, control group n = 30) and 58 completed the study. During the intervention, the NNRD group received food boxes, and recipes once a week. The control group continued their habitual diet. HRQoL was examined at baseline and at the end of the intervention using the validated EuroQol-5D-5L, including a 5-point scale Likert questionnaire at the end of the intervention. Assessed by the EuroQol-5D-5L questionnaire, the NNRD group experienced a reduction in pain/discomfort during the intervention by 26% [−0.44 points (95% CI; −0.73, −0.16)], compared with no change in the control group [0.25 points (95% CI; −0.02, 0.53)] and a between-group difference of −0.70 points (95% CI; −1.03, −0.37, p < 0.001). A larger decrease of body fat mass was associated with a larger decrease in pain/discomfort (p = 0.014). In addition, the NNRD group reported an overall improvement in conducting usual daily activities by 23% [−0.30-point (95% CI; −0.50, −0.11)], while no change was seen in the control group [−0.02 points (95% CI; −0.21, 0.17)], with a between-group difference −0.28 points (95% CI; −0.51, −0.06, p = 0.014). A larger decrease in 24 h urine phosphorus excretion, used as a marker of compliance, was associated with a larger improvement in conducting usual daily activities (p = 0.036). The NNRD group had a clinically relevant improvement in various HRQoL outcomes.
AB - The New Nordic Renal Diet (NNRD) is a whole-food approach, tailored to meet recommended guidelines in patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (stage 3b–4). The NNRD improved various metabolic and physiological endpoints during a 26-week randomized controlled study. Here, we examined the effect of dietary intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Sixty participants were recruited (NNRD group n = 30, control group n = 30) and 58 completed the study. During the intervention, the NNRD group received food boxes, and recipes once a week. The control group continued their habitual diet. HRQoL was examined at baseline and at the end of the intervention using the validated EuroQol-5D-5L, including a 5-point scale Likert questionnaire at the end of the intervention. Assessed by the EuroQol-5D-5L questionnaire, the NNRD group experienced a reduction in pain/discomfort during the intervention by 26% [−0.44 points (95% CI; −0.73, −0.16)], compared with no change in the control group [0.25 points (95% CI; −0.02, 0.53)] and a between-group difference of −0.70 points (95% CI; −1.03, −0.37, p < 0.001). A larger decrease of body fat mass was associated with a larger decrease in pain/discomfort (p = 0.014). In addition, the NNRD group reported an overall improvement in conducting usual daily activities by 23% [−0.30-point (95% CI; −0.50, −0.11)], while no change was seen in the control group [−0.02 points (95% CI; −0.21, 0.17)], with a between-group difference −0.28 points (95% CI; −0.51, −0.06, p = 0.014). A larger decrease in 24 h urine phosphorus excretion, used as a marker of compliance, was associated with a larger improvement in conducting usual daily activities (p = 0.036). The NNRD group had a clinically relevant improvement in various HRQoL outcomes.
KW - EQ-5D-5L
KW - Likert scale
KW - chronic kidney disease
KW - dietary intervention
KW - food delivery
KW - health-related quality of life
KW - phosphorus
KW - randomized clinical trial
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U2 - 10.3390/nu16132038
DO - 10.3390/nu16132038
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38999786
SN - 2072-6643
VL - 16
JO - Nutrients
JF - Nutrients
IS - 13
M1 - 2038
ER -